Sands of Time
Card Information
Type: Artifact
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: Yes
Set: Visions (VIS)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 153
Oracle Text
Each player skips their untap step. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player simultaneously untaps each tapped artifact, creature, and land they control and taps each untapped artifact, creature, and land they control.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 1, 2009
You can tap lands for mana before Sands of Time toggles your permanents. The mana you gain is available during your upkeep step, but it will disappear before your draw step if you don't spend it. You cannot save it to be spent on the card you will draw this turn.
Source: wotc - August 1, 2008
Skipping the untap step means that phased out cards won't phase in, and permanents with phasing won't phase out.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
This card still affects players when it is tapped.
Source: wotc
Price History
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